Great Great 'Free Halloween things to do with the kids' Hunt

tazin2001

From what I learnt at school Halloween is supposed to stem from a celtic tradition started from the festival of Samhain.

I soooo prefer Bonfire night to Halloween, penny for the guys, fireworks, oooooo i'm excited now

jackieglasgow

One of the things we do, and I remember doing at Brownies, is stringing scones onto string, then puting them onto a length of string (so they are hanging like washing on a line) fixing them across a doorway and drizzling treacle or golden syrup on them, you had to then bite them off without using your hands, and some smart alec always swung them so they stuck to your hair etc. You do need to put binbags down and over the doorframe for them mess though, or do it in the garden from the washing line if its dry!

Edinburghlass_2

were you one of my Brownies :rotfl::rotfl:

No trick or treating up here, that is an Americanism. Its guising up here the children must be dressed up and must either sing a song or recite a poem for a sweetie. My daughter was the only child in the village for a long time and it would take ages to get round everyone stopping in every house for a drink and a chat.

niamhirl

To echo others, Halloween is a celtic pagan festival.
I grew up in Ireland and always celebrated Halloween (I'm 34 now). In Ireland you dressed up and went out "on the p!ca (p!ca is Irish for Goblin). The p!ca's feast day was the 1st Nov which then got hi-jacked by the Christians and turned into all saints day. There was no tricks for us just treats as the last of the harvest left in the field was considered to be the p!ca's so if you dressed up as some sort of fairy creature on the 31st of Oct you were given some food as the p!ca would've been given in the past.

Anyway enough of the Celtic mythology rant, I'm posting a link to some vile Halloween fairy cakes (cup cakes now thanks to the Americans) that Ruth off the great British bake off as posted a recipe on her blog and thought you could get the kids if old enough to help you make them.
http://www.thepinkwhisk.co.uk/

kinkyjinks

shaunnixon wrote: »

Visit a wood for a spooky family adventure!

The Woodland Trust has a fantastic free pack of printable Halloween activity sheets www.naturedetectives.org.uk/packs/halloween

It includes a Halloween play booklet, scary scavenger hunt, how to make a witch's broom, potions and spells, twig skeleton, torch tag and loads more.

They've got over 1,000 woods across the UK and they're all free to visit too. Fab family day out

When I lived in the Scottish borders I used to take my lot to Wooplaw woods. They used to decorate spooky trails through the woods, colouring activities for kids, story telling, apple bobbing and we were shown how to make a broomstick/besom among other things. It was excellent fun and the only thing I really miss about the place.

blackcat23

hi
yeah we used to go "guising" and had to earn our treats with a joke or a poem (scotland)
tho now i live in england it's all "trick or treat" and no-one knows what i mean when i say guising! lol

and yeah i remember the treacle scones on a line from guides- what a mess!!

Happy HAllowe'en!

BCx